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This is Dream Color Scheme, a collection of things I love or otherwise feel compelled to document.

One of my favorite gut reactions in life is the feeling of wanting to eat/wear/paint the color palette of something marvelous I’ve just seen. This blog is named after those moments (and so is my newsletter.)

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All posts tagged: nyc

Dare I say it’s finally, finally spring? Blooms are everywhere and Jason’s allergies are kicking in, so evidence is mounting. Over the last few months, I’ve been casually keeping track of our journey towards this moment, when recurring bouts of “last snow” have actually ended and flowers are truly free to take the spotlight. Behold, #gaspingforspring…

📍 Beacon, NY | October 28, 2017 It was one of those fall weekends when it seemed like everyone in New York City went to an apple picking farm, Storm King, Breakneck Ridge, or somewhere else along the Hudson River. Jason and I wound up going with that last one. As a sucker for convenience, I picked Beacon, because the Metro-North train station is walking distance from both Main St. and a few parks with trails […]

On a moody Saturday last weekend, I visited Roosevelt Island for the first time via the tram, which is legit the coolest mode of transportation in the whole of New York City. The trip only lasted about four minutes, but the thrill was not lacking, since you, er, pretty much get to float over Midtown East like a drone! What? I tried to capture the whole ride back to the city in this video…

October 1 marks one year since I began living in New York City. In that time, I’ve come by plenty of must-see landmarks and even more Instagrammable sights. But today I want to take a moment to appreciate the corners of the city that I find myself returning to again and again—not only to ‘gram but also because of how they make me feel. These are the places where I go to find my chill, in all […]

Usually at the end of another month, I find myself thinking, Wow, where did the time go? In June, time flew by per usual, but each week was accounted for: There was my first taste of Scandinavia, there was the long-awaited Curbed IRL offsite, there was a belated birthday dinner, and there were a few things that sprung up along the way, leaving huge impressions. I can only begin to explain in pictures…

Every new Instagram feature makes the news—an especially big splash if it’s lifted from Snapchat. But the new Instagram feature that’s giving me life isn’t one that approximates Snapchat, but one that’s more of a low-key Pinterest. Yep, I’m talking about “Collections.” When Instagram added a save-for-later/”bookmark” feature, it was already a good way to differentiate stuff you liked because-you-had-to-because-you’re-a-good-friend from stuff that, well, you might actually want to look at again. The newer “Collections” feature […]

I had the chance to check out Augustine—a new-ish brasserie in the Financial District—with some company peeps today for a rare non-sad-desk-lunch. Augustine may be No.1 on Eater’s heatmap of hot NYC restaurants right now, but I definitely went in with more interest in sneaking a peek at the newly opened Beekman Hotel, which takes over a landmarked 1890s building with an incredible nine-story atrium. And wow oh wow oh wow! It was jaw-dropping (defined […]